So I bought this to deal with two areas of cleaning. My teenagers car seats (all sorts of fast food ingrained into the fabric) and a new French Bulldog Pup (say no more!!) - So carpets at home. Its used for spot cleaning on the carpets and when used with the right solutions from Bissell it does the job well. Its not for doing a huge area of carpet as it would take too long and even when spot cleaning you do need to work at the spot to get best results. Overall really happy with this product and I am satisfied that I made the right choice.